What did Bowen say about intellectualization?
a) It is a verbal defense against emotion.
b) Family members must intellectualize in order to make sense of what is happening in the system.
c) Counselors use intellectualization in order to conceptualize the family system.
d) It is the same thing as cognition.
e) It is the same thing as using intellectual functioning under stressa necessary process.
Question 2
What is the goal of experiential family therapies regarding emotions?
a) Discussion of emotions in order to achieve insight.
b) The active reprocessing of a current powerful emotion in the presence of other individuals.
c) Discharge of powerful emotions so that they have less power.
d) The active reprocessing of past emotional experiences so that the clients can heal.
e) To enable family members to feel the emotions of the identified client.
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